Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT) Competitors

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETD) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HVT or ETD?

Ethan Allen Interiors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Ethan Allen Interiors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haverty Furniture Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.51	$19.96M	$1.15	19.73
Ethan Allen Interiors	$614.65M	1.23	$51.60M	$2.01	14.84

Is HVT or ETD more profitable?

Ethan Allen Interiors has a net margin of 8.39% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 2.71%. Ethan Allen Interiors' return on equity of 10.92% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	2.71%	6.39%	3.02%
Ethan Allen Interiors	8.39%	10.92%	7.10%

Which has more risk & volatility, HVT or ETD?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ethan Allen Interiors has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HVT or ETD?

80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HVT or ETD a better dividend stock?

Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ethan Allen Interiors pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 111.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ethan Allen Interiors pays out 77.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haverty Furniture Companies has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Ethan Allen Interiors has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Haverty Furniture Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend HVT or ETD?

Ethan Allen Interiors has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.58%. Given Ethan Allen Interiors' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ethan Allen Interiors is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ethan Allen Interiors	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor HVT or ETD?

In the previous week, Haverty Furniture Companies had 4 more articles in the media than Ethan Allen Interiors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies and 0 mentions for Ethan Allen Interiors. Ethan Allen Interiors' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of 0.35 indicating that Ethan Allen Interiors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	Neutral
Ethan Allen Interiors	Very Positive

Summary

Ethan Allen Interiors beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.